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Marriage contract of Bibi Rubab and Mirza Muhammad Sadiq, 1897
Marriage contract of Bibi Rubab, daughter of Navvab Haji Mirza ‘Ali, and Mirza Muhammad Sadiq, son of Aqa Sadr-i Sharif. The mahr is part of Tahunah, located at the Chihil Kuh garden, and half of the Mirza Akram garden.
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Mirza Aqa Nasir and Muhammad, [1883?]
Marriage contract of the daughter of Mirza Aqa Nasir [her name is not mentioned] and Muhammad, the son of Mulla ʻAbbasʻali Haj Abu Talib, with a mahr of: pieces of land and gardens, one sixth of a house where the groom lives, two outfits to be bought, five mans of copper, kilims and felt to cover a room, sheep, and silver.
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Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum and Haji Baba, 1897
Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza, and Haji Baba, the son of Abu al-Hadi Nasr Abadi, dated October 25, 1897. The mahr is a mirror, 10 tumans for the price of a chest, some copperware, a carpet, some clothing, one sixth of a house, and an orchard. The bridegroom's father gave the mahr (short five tumans) to the bride.
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Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1897
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, with Muhammad Karim, son of Mirza Rahim, on January 28, 1897. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth 2 tumans, fifteen tumans cash, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 2 tumans and five thousand dinars, a carpet kilim and a pair of felt rugs worth five tumans, and one sixth of the houses that belong to the bridegroom's father. Note: part of the aforementioned properties were inherited by the bridegroom from his late mother and the rest was transferred to him from his father. The note on the verso reads: "a record of the mahr...
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Marriage contract of Ruqiyah Khanum and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, 1896
Marriage contract of Ruqiyah Khanum, the daughter of Mulla Muhammad Haj ʻAli Salih, and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, the son of Karbalayi Yusuf Kar. The mahr includes: parts of gardens and some pieces of land, half of the house of the groom's father, in which he lives now, ten mans of copper worth seven tumans, carpets to cover a room, worth six tumans, two outfits to be bought for three tumans, and another outfit to be bought for two tumans. In 1907, Karbalayi ʻAli gave Ruqiyah another piece of land instead of the one that he had sold with her permission.
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Ibrahim, 1900
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, daughter of Karbalayi Yar Murad from Kahriz, and Ibrahim, son of Muhammad from Bahmanabad. The mahr is forty tumans, of which half was paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The mahr additionally includes one-twelfth of the garden of the groom's father, a set of bedding made in Burujird worth three tumans, and a copper ewer and basin made in Kashan worth one tuman and five thousand dinars. On February, 13, 1903, Shahrbanu transferred the ownership of the mentioned properties to her father, and her father settled them with Sayf al-Dawlah for five tumans.
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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj and Aqa Khan, 1898
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj, daughter of Hasan Aqa Sultan, resident of Ziyabad village, and Aqa Khan, son of Baba Khan, resident of the same village. The mahr includes three tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, five thousand dinars for a Qur'an, twenty-five misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one hundred misqals of silver, ten tumans to buy a set of bedding, forty tumans to buy a set of rugs, an oil lamp, a bathing bowl, a tray, a ewer and basin set, and ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware worth ten tumans. Additionally, the groom's father transferred the ownership of some...
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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj and Iskandar Khan, 1904
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj, daughter of [illegible], and Iskandar Khan, son of Baba Khan. The mahr includes a Qurʼan, a set of rugs, a set of bedding, copperware, and some property.
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Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1901
Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad Riza, and Akhund Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Akhund Mulla Muhammad Isma‘il; the mahr includes: a Qur’an worth one tuman; fifteen tumans; one thousand dinars; five misqals [each misqal is 4.25 grams] of rose gold; carpets to cover a room, including two runners, felt, and a small carpet worth ten tumans; two and a half mans (shah) [each man (shah) is 6 kilograms] of copperware worth of six tumans and five thousand dinars; a set of qalamkar beddings from Isfahan worth of four tumans; one-sixth of a house in Shahrak neighborhood...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.